030ADV26R0050 - Full Announcement - NOFO.zip

This is a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative, a cooperative agreement program administered by the Library of Congress under authorization from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 2023. The program provides grants up to $100,000 per recipient for 12-month project periods to develop digitally-enabled, project-based creative arts curricula that integrate the Library's music and primary sources into high school history, civics, and democracy instruction. Eligible applicants include education-focused organizations with expertise in teaching and creating music and creative arts. The resulting awards will be subject to Library of Congress Regulation 7-310 and selective provisions of 2 CFR 200, though the Library as a legislative agency is not subject to the full Uniform Administrative Requirements.

The initiative builds on the Library's Teaching with Primary Sources program, established in 2006, and aligns with the Library's 2024-2028 Strategic Plan and its Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement. Funded projects must produce teaching materials and tools that combine primary sources from the Library's rights-free collections with project-based creative arts instruction targeted at high school students. The program operates as a pilot initiative structured entirely through cooperative agreements. The solicitation referenced (030ADV26R0050) represents a continuing-awards opportunity, with recent related opportunities including a restriction to existing partner organizations with prior Lewis-Houghton awards and an earlier foundational opportunity open to a broad eligible-applicant base including nonprofits, school districts, state and local governments, tribal governments, higher-education institutions, small businesses, and for-profit organizations.